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African-American
Emerging Scholars: Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams
The eighth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Frances Williams, who is an associate professor in the Engineering and Center for Materials Research Department at Norfolk State University.
January 30, 2012
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African-American
Conference: Troubled Youth Need New Intervention Strategies
Issues facing troubled youth have become so severe that new and bold paradigms are needed to address them, presenters at Jackson State University’s Mississippi Child Welfare Institute conference told social work practitioners last week.
January 29, 2012
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Asian American Pacific Islander
Emerging Scholars: Breaking Down Access Barriers — Jenny Lee
The sixth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars is of Dr. Jenny Lee, an associate professor of higher education at the University of Arizona.
January 26, 2012
Jenny Lee
Native Americans
Court Rules Berkeley Not Obligated To Reinstate Fired Professor
The University of California, Berkeley, doesn’t have to reinstate a former untenured Native American faculty member although a jury awarded her retaliation damages, a California Court of Appeal has ruled.
January 5, 2012
Native Americans
Indigenous Communities Educate American Public About Natural Health and Healing Concepts.
In October, the National Library of Medicine debuted a two-year exhibition called “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness.”
December 13, 2011
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African-American
Southern Louisiana University Receives $4.9M in TRIO Program Grants
Educational Talent Search programs for Tangipahoa and Washington parishes were awarded $3.04 million to cover operations through August 2016; the Educational Opportunity Center at SLU received a $1.87 million grant through 2016.
December 12, 2011
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African-American
FAMU President James Ammons Rebuked by School Trustees
In the latest of a series of moves days before the school’s winter break, a sharply divided Florida A & M University (FAMU) board of trustees has “agreed to publicly reprimand” FAMU President James Ammons over his “response” to the recent death of a school band drum major after a suspected hazing incident.
December 9, 2011
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Sports
Former Marshall University Player Recounts Impact of Plane Crash Tragedy in New Book
When Craig Greenlee went home from Marshall University to Jacksonville, Fla., for Thanksgiving break in 1970, some people thought they had seen a ghost. The hometown folks knew he had gone to MU to play football, so they assumed that he was on the plane that crashed barely two weeks before, killing 75 people, including 37 of his former teammates.
December 8, 2011
African-American
Accreditation Decision Deals Fisk University New Setback
Fisk University, struggling financially, lost more ground Tuesday when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Fisk on probation, a signal the agency is still worried about the school’s viability.
December 7, 2011
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African-American
Hampton University’s Proton Therapy Institute Uses Cutting-edge Cancer Therapy
The two-story, 98,000-square-foot facility is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and a professional staff of oncologists, nuclear physicists and engineers—some distinguished veterans and some ambitious rookies.
December 7, 2011
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Students
FAMU Student Government Association Plans Forum and Vote on a Campus Pledge To Ban Hazing From Student Organizations
Clubs and organizations failing to have representation at the forum will be sanctioned, according to SGA President Breyon Love.
December 4, 2011
African-American
Commentary: Reframing the FAMU Tragedy
It’s been disappointing how Florida A&M University and the national news media have handled the death of FAMU marching band member Robert Champion, a Washington-based communications expert and strategist writes.
December 1, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Dismisses 4 Students Connected to Band Member’s Death
Florida A&M University said that it’s dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month.
December 1, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Movie Review: What a Real Conversation on Diversity Might Look Like
In Lee Mun Wah’s new film, “If These Halls Could Talk,” the filmmaker explores how individuals can peel back distrust that’s built up in their lives and can begin, with more honesty, to see others.
December 1, 2011
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Students
Inspire Scholarships Help Boost Delaware State’s In-State Enrollment
This school year, Delaware State’s in-state freshman student enrollment is up 43 percent to 433 from 302, the first significant enrollment turnaround in six years, school officials say.
December 1, 2011
Students
Southern University System’s Online Program To Expand
Southern System President Ronald Mason Jr. said the project — gotosouthernuniversityonline.com — will help Southern attract more out-of-state and older, nontraditional students.
November 30, 2011
African-American
Fisk University Gets Green Light to Sell Half Ownership of the Stieglitz Collection
It could be as much as a year before any of the money is seen, as the appeals court sent Fisk’s latest plan for the sale back to a trial court in Nashville with orders to provide a long-term plan to maintain and care for the collection.
November 30, 2011
Students
Tribal College ‘Beats the Odds’ to Find Academic Success
In 2011, the college awarded 204 diplomas and certificates, 155 in 2010 and 133 in 2009.
November 29, 2011
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